[telescope115]

When I was in grade school I read a book thru the school book club about the 1938 realization by scientists that these fish were still living. It was an exciting account that fueled my interest in dinosaurs.

A fascinating fish. A junk fish as far as being a food source goes.

[EinNYC]

I SAW a coelecanth. It was at the American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan. I had taken my biology class to the museum with a custom-made scavenger hunt to find the exhibits and fill out the questions, when a museum administrator asked me if I’d like to see a coelacanth. I knew what they were, and was excited to say “Yes”. It was a large grey fish, now swimming in preservative instead of the ocean. Very cool to see it.